Type-setting device.



E. H. FREY.

TYPE SETTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION Lf "H" 'm' Patented May 25,1915.

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E. H. FREY.

TYPE SETTING DEVICE.

y APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. 1908. LMmQI, Patented ay 25, 1915.

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THE MORRIS PETERS Co.. FHUTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C4

ERNEST H. FREY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TYPE-SETTING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application filed April 21, 1908'. Serial N0. 428,394.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST II.FREY,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Devices, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide linger operated mechanism for setting up metal type in printing forms and type holding devices, adapted for use in addressing, or other printing machines, upon which type in removable printing forms are employed, and the machine is adapted to provide automatically acting mechanism in connection with finger operated keys, for releasing the type one at a time from suit-- able storage receptacles for the purpose of placing the same in position to register with one of the linear type positions in the type holder, and for moving the released type into the said positions provided to receive it.

I exemplify the invention in connection with its use with the storage tubes illustrated and described in my former Patent No. 965,448, granted July Q6, 1910, for a type casting and tubing machine and in connection with the grooved printing cards shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States bearing number 871,581 and date of November 19th, 1907, employed in an addressing machine. Ordinarily type for such purposes have been formed of rubber or have been mounted upon cylindrical drums. 'Ihis device however is adapted to set up metal type or any other form of type.

The invention comprises the various automatically acting devices and forms of construction and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, showing the storage tubes and traveling carrier upon which the card or type holder is mounted and showing the finger operated keys; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the carrier for the type holder, showing a portion of the type setting or loading mechanism; Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other side from that shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 7 is a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line m--m Fig. l; Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the upper end of the carrier showing the device for releasing, raising and feeding the type to the type holder, the type being shown just ready to enter the type holder; Fig. 10 is a similar view showing a type in position for raising to the holder; Fig. 11 is a perspective view of one of the type holding tubes or channels and a dovetailed support therefor.

In these views 1 is a bed plate upon which the parts rest, 2, 2 are linger operated keys similar to those of a typewriter which are designed to depress the outer ends of the bars 3, 3, which correspond in number with type storage tubes 4, 4, preferably elevated above the linger mechanism in such a manner that the type will fall by gravity therefrom as fast as required.

5 is a carrier which comprises a plate located upon the frame 1 intermediate between the key levers 3, 3, and the storage channels 4, 4. Its lower end is closely adjacent to the set of key bars, and its upper end to the storage channels. It is slidingly mounted upon the transversely arranged guide bars 18, 18, and is movable by hand thereon. Upon the upper end of this carrier plate 5 is a stop plate 8 which extends laterally upon each side of the carrier, and is adapted to normally close the open lower ends of the storage channels. The plate 8 is provided with a short transverse opening` or slot 12 intermediate of its ends adapted to register in turn with the mouths of the storage channels, and into this opening the type are adapted to fall by gravity one at a time, if the storage channels are in a substantially vertical or steeply inclined position, but may be assisted in entering therein by means of sliding followers 9, 9, actuated by ribbon springs 10 which are adapted to coil themselves automatically upon cross pins 10 and exert pressure upon the rows of type by means of pivoted dogs 43 which can be lifted by means of arms 44, and which directly engage the type. If these ceiling springs are sufficiently powerful the type can be forced out of the channels even when they lie perfectly horizontal. The stop plate j normally closes all the openings of theJ type channels except the one registering with the opening 12. The `movable carriage 5 is designed to hold a type holder such as shown at 6, which comprises a metal plate provided with longitudinal dove tailed channels 6 in which the type are set to form lines of type for printing purposes such asY for names.

and addresses, and the type holder is removably supported in the carriage by means of opening 7 between the projections E, i.

The opening 7 is formed in the carrier between the projections E, E at the upper end.`

This opening 7 also passes through the plate 8 and communica-tes with the Lipper end of the transverse opening or slot 12 in the plate 8. The carrier plate 5 is located on a plane parallel with the plane of the storage channels and raised above their lower ends, and the typeholder is still further spaced vin front thereof. Hence to move the type after it has entered the opening 12 into the holder it must be first moved at right angles to the plane of the storage channel along the opening or slot 12 and then moved downrback through the opening 7 to and into one of the channels in the holder.

Thetvpe after leaving its storage channel or tube is raised by an inclined moving follower 11, which moves in the inclined slotted opening 12 in the plate 8 as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. This follower operates to elevate the type until it is upon the same level as the printing card or other slotted holder 6. lt is then forced through the guide opening 7 which passes also through the platev 8, by means of a pivoted follower 13 andA each type in turn pushes the one just acted upon until the slotted holder is supplied with the required number of type to form a line. This pivoted follower may have any range of movement desired.. The type elevating follower 11 and the pivoted follower 13 are operated by means of the rock arms 14 and 15, mounted upon the rock shaft 16, which in turn is operated by means of a tilting arm 17 which, as the carrier 5 is moved by hand transversely to the extremities of the channeled storage holders comes into engagement` with the inner ends of the key levers 3, 3 1n turn by the engagement of coacting beveled surfaces, as` they are raised by the keys 2, 2. Wvhen the required key is depressed, and .its corresponding lever is raised, and the carrier is moved by hand until the tilting. arm 17 engages the key lever, then .the sloping edge ofthe tilting arm causes the arm to rise, and the inner end of the lever rwill `engage the groove 19 and temporarily detain it. The rock arms 14 and 15 are then simultaneously `depressed and the rock arm 14 is pivotally connected with the type elevating followerll, so that the depression of the arm 14 brings the follower 11 down below the opening 12, so that the type will fall upon. the upper edge of the follower 11. Meanwhile the rock arm 15 connected operatively with the bar 2O depresses this bar, and the weighted extension 21 from the pivoted or swinging follower 13, which rests upon `this bar 20 is permitted to drop'and thus throw back the follower 13 to permit of the admission of the type into the guide opening 7. A set screw 20 affords the nec-Y essary adjustment for the swinging follower so that when the rockarms 14 and 15 rise again the set screw will touch and raise the extension 21 and throw in the feed arm at the precise moment when the plunger 11 had completelyrmoved the type to the level of the guide opening. The type T move down the storage channels one at a time into the opening 12 and' into the path of the follower 11, thence they are carried or fed into the path of the follower 13 which ejects them and carries them throughthe opening 7 onto the type holder. The movement of the key lever and swinging arm serves to withdraw the followers and a spring 30 returns the rock arms and operates the followers to feed andeject the type. A spring 30 returns the rock arms and operates the follower 11 to move the type .to the level of 'the type holder. The spring 30 is mounted upon a rod R which is connected to the part 15 and passes upward through a' boss R upon the plate 5. A nut R2V screws down upon the outer end of the spring to adjust the tension thereof. As soonas the type is elevated the swinging or pivoted follower 13 thrusts it into the type guiding slot. It

' will be observed that the plunger in. rising cuts olf the Vadvance of the type from the tubes, and that when lowered another type will enter into the place of the one just raised. rThe type storage tubes are easily removed and replaced and rest upon bars 1S and 41, and are inserted in the dovetailed openings 42 arranged to receive them. Storage channels of any sort,however, can be employed to receive the type. The removable tubes or channels are preferably dove tailed to approximate closely the shape of the type as is also the type guiding opening in the carrier. However, they may be shaped to conform to the shape of thetype. Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y 1. In combination in a type setting de# vice, a series of key levers, an elevated series of type channels, a frame in which said key levers and type channels are secured, a carriage transversely movable across said frame, intermediate between said key levers and type channels, a type holder thereon situated on a plane spaced from the plane of said type channels, a plate on said carriage adapted to normally close the inner ends of said type channels and provided with a single opening adapted to receive the type one at a time from said channels, a device on said carriage for feeding said type received from said channel to the plane of the type holder, a device on said carriage for removing said type from said type elevating device to said type holder, a tilting arm in operative connection with both of said devices, and adapted to engage with each of said key levers in turn.

2. In combination, in a type setting machine, a frame, a set of finger operated keys mounted therein, a set of type storage channels on the frame, and elevated above the fin ger keys, transverse guides on the frame, a carriage movable therein, between said key levers and type storage channels, a channelled type holder detachably mounted on said carriage on a plane parallel with the plane of said storage channels, a stop plate secured to said carriage and adapted to close the inner ends of said type storage channels and provided with a single opening adapted to aline with one of the channels in said type holder and in turn with said type storage channels, a tilting lever on said carriage with which said key levers are adapted to engage in turn, an arm secured. to said tilting lever, adapted to feed the type as it has passed through said opening in said stop plate, to the plane of said type holder, and a second arm secured to said tilting lever and an intermediate device adapted to eject said type into said type holder.

3. In a type setting machine, adapted to feed type into a type holder, said type holder adapted to receive lines of type, a frame, a series of type storing channels thereon, a carrier adapted to move transversely thereto and closely adjacent to the inner ends thereof and placed on a plane parallel with said type storing channels, a stop plate secured to the carrier and adapted to normally close the open ends of said channels, and provided with a type receiving opening, said carrier provided with a type guiding opening, a member adapted to feed the type from said type receiving opening into alinement with said type guiding opening, a member adapted to eject said type into said type guiding opening, a type holder on said carrier and a support for said holder, said support adjustable to bring the positions for lines of type into alinement one at a time with said type guiding opening, a tilting lever adapted to control the movements of both said members and key levers adapted to engage said tilting lever in turn.

4t. In a machine for setting lines of type upon a type holder provided with channels therefor, the combination with a series of key operated levers, and a corresponding number of type storage channel bars, of a frame upon which said levers and channels are supported, a carrier adapted to move transversely across the inner ends of said series of storage channel bars, a channeled type holder adjustably secured to said carrier, type receiving and ejecting devices in said carrier, and mechanisms mounted upon said carrier and operating said type receiving and ejecting devices whereby one type at a time is transferred from said series of type storage channels into position upon sai type holder, a common operating lever for said mechanisms, the said key operated levers having operative connection with said common lever, in turn.

5. ln a machine for setting type in a type b older provided with line positions for type, the combination with a frame, of key operated levers and a series of type storage channel bars mounted on said frame, a transversely movable carrier intermediate between the adjacent ends of the said levers and storage channels, a type holder on said carriage, a plate movable conjointly with said carrier and adapted to close normally the open inner extremities of sai storage channels, the said plate being provided with a receiving opening for type, said opening adapted to register in turn with the said type storage channels in said channel bars and the said carrier provided with a type guide slot adapted to aline with one of the positions for a line of type in said type holder, a follower adapted to move a type deposited in the type receiving opening into alinement with said type guiding opening, a follower adapted to move said type through said guiding opening, a common tilting arm, key operated levers adapted to engage said common tilting arm in turn and mechanism operatively connecting said tilting arm with said followers.

6. rlhe combination with a frame, a series of type storage receptacles, and a corresponding series of key actuated leve-rs, on said frame, of a carrier located intermediate between said receptacles and bars and movable transversely thereof, and a removable type holder on said carrier provided with linear type receptacles, a tilting` arm adapted to engage in turn with said levers, a type feeding device adapted to receive said type in turn from said type storage receptacles and move it into line with said type holder, a type ejecting device adapted to move said type from said feeding device to said type holder, and intermediate a carrier, a

8. In a type setting device,-a carrier provided with feeding and discharge openings, a follower for feeding the type in the feed opening and a pivoted follower for moving the type through the discharge opening, said follower having an extended arm, a reciprocating member adapted to 0perate said arm, a means for adjustment between said extended arm and reciprocating member whereby the time of the movement of said arm is regulated, operating arms for said reciprocating member and feeding follower and a common source of movement for said arms, comprising a tilting arm, and a set of key levers adapted to engage with said arm in turn.

9. In combination in a type setting device, a frame, a series of type storage channels and a set of type levers mounted thereon, an intermediate transversely movable carriage on said frame, a type holder on said carriage, a stop plate on said carriage provided with an opening adapted to register with said type storage channels in turn, and with a discharge opening leading from said receiving opening to said type holder, a tiltingr arm on said carriage adapted to Vengage in turn with said type levers, a follower adapted to move the type from said receiving opening to said discharge opening, an arm connected to said tilting arm and to said follower, a second arm, an adjustable described, ini combination, a frame, a series 60 of type storage channels thereon, a carriage transversely movable in said frame,a stop plate on said carriage, provided with a type receiving opening adapted to register in turn with the said storage channels and 675k with a type discharge opening communicating with the type receiving opening, a type holder removably secured to said carriage and provided with a series of type receiving channels, vsaid type holder attached to said carriage, whereby the said type receiving channels can be made to regf ister in turn with said type discharge opening, a device for feeding a type deposited 1n the type receiving opening, into ahne- V75 ment with said discharge opening, a device for discharging said type through said discharge opening into said type holder, a common source of movement for said type feeding and discharging devices, said common 80 source of movement adapted to operatively connect with one of saidV key levers when said key lever is raised. Y

In testimony whereof I Vhereunto set my hand this 16th day of April 1908.

ERNEST H. FREY.

In presence of-` IVM. M. MONROE, GEO. S. COLE.

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